Sleeping-car



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2 Sheets- Sheet 2. F: ANDERSON. SLEEPING GAR.

(No Model.)

Patented Dec. 1'7, 1895.

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UNITED STATES FREDRICK ANDERSON,

PATENT OFFICE.

or PULLMAN, ILLINOIS.

SLEEPING-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,705, dated December I7, 1895.

Application led May 8, 1895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRIQK ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pullman, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeping-Cars, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of railway-coaches known as sleepin g-cars g and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and operation of the various parts of the seats which are converted into couches or berths, when desired, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide seats for coaches or cars, which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong and durable, and the various parts of which are so constructed that they may be easily and quickly placed in position to form a compartment, with the ends closed, and the upper and lower berths, and, second, such seats the parts of which when in their normal positions will occupy a small amount of space and will present an attractive appearance.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is allongitudinal view, partly in section, of a portion of one compartment of a sleeping car or coach, showing the normal position of the various parts of the seats. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the seats folded into upper and lower berths and the ends of the compartments closed by partitions. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of one compartment, taken on line 3 3 of Fig. l, as the parts will appear when in their normal state. Fig. 4. is a like view taken on the same line, illustrating the parts as they will appear when the seats have been folded into berths. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of one of the folding partition-pieces, showing it closed; and Fig. 6 is a like view thereof, showing it open.I

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the different views of the drawings.

A represents the side wall of the car or coach, which is provided with windows a and ventilators a', 'as usual.

The seats are ar- Serial No. 548,530. (No model.)

ranged crosswise of the car in the usual manner, and are provided on their ends adjacent to the aisle with legs b and arm-rests b'. The cushions B, forming the backs of the seats, are pivoted at their upper ends on their sides to movable upright bars or rods C, which rods or bars operate in suitable recesses thereof in the upright portions C of the seat-frame and C2 of the support at the wall A of the coach. The movable bars C are joined at their lower which piece rests on a spring c', employed to facilitate the raising of the back cushions and saidsupporting-bars. Eachl of the uprights C is provided with lbolts d to engage the lower portion of the horizontal bar c and to assist in holding the supporting-bars C in a raised position. The bolts d are provided with handles d', which are pivotally secured to the uprights, as is clearly shown in the drawings. The uprights or supports C2, adjacent to the wall of the coach, are provided with supports d2, or catches, which are also to be used for holding the supporting-bars in araised position. That portion of the wall of the car between the windows is provided with lugs or projections e, which are adapted to support the edge of the cushions B adjacent to the wall, the portions thereof adjacent to the aisle being provided with socketpieces c to receive a bolt e2 for their support at said point. The uprights C and C2 are provided with vertical grooves on their adjacent surfaces for the reception and guidance of the partitions or head and foot boards, which are composed of two pieces F and F', which are hinged together, and the piece F, hinged at its upper end to a piece of molding G, which forms the upper rail of the back of the seat when the parts are in their normal position. The piece Fl of each of the partitions is provided with an opening f near its upper end to engage a hook or catch f, secured to the car-wall at a proper point.

By reference to the drawings it will be seen and readily understood that when the partitions are raised from their normal positions the pieces F may be unfolded, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, and secured on the catches f' on the walls of the car, thus closing thel ends of the compartments.

From the foregoing it is apparent that by portions by means of a horizontal piece c,

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raising the cushions B and placing and secu-rin g thein horizontally, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the upper berth will be formed thereby. In order to forni the lower berth, the seatcushions B are slid back on their frames to the positions indicated in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, when the additional cushions B2, 11erinally located under the seat-cushions, may be turned to the positions indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The lastna1ned cushions B2 are pivotally secured to the sides Of the seatfraine and are employed as part ot' the lower berth.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the back-cushions pivotally secured at their upper ends to the movable supporting` bars and adapted to be secured horizontally to forni the upper berth, with the supporting bars at each side oi' the back-cushions and bolts or catches in the traine of the seat to secure the bars in a raised position, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the seat frames, with supporting bars n1 ovably located therein, the back-cushions pivotally secured at their upper ends to said bars and adapted to be raised and secured in a horizontal position to forni the upper berth, catches or bolts in the frame to secure the bars in a raised position and the lm-rtitons, `for the ends of the compartments,

consisting of two pieces hinged together and inovably located within the seat frames, substantially as described.

The combination with the seat frames of the partitions, for the ends oi the compartments, consisting of two pieces or leaves hinged together and to a transverse piece of molding and vertically inovably located in said frames, substantially as described.

l. rlhe combination ofthe seat frames, with the supportingbars C, lnovably located therein and connected at their lower portions with trans\f'erse pieces c, the springs c, under said pieces to assist in raising the bars, the back cushions B, pivotally secu red at their upper ends tothe su pportingl bars and adapted to be raisedand secured in a horizontal position to ferm the upper berth, the catches orbolts in the frame to secure the bars in a raised position, the partitions for the ends oi the coinpartnients, consistin g of two pieces hinged together and niovably located in the seat frames, the seat cushions l, and the auxiliary cushions lg, pivotally secu red to the frame oi' the seat and adapted to be placed in ahorizontal position to t'orm the lower berth, all constructed, arranged and operating substantially as and `i'or the purpose set forth.

'FRIGDRI (JK ANDERSON.

YV itn esses:

(JI-nis. (I. TILLMAN, E. A. DUGGAN. 

